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["Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>]

I got the same thing as you Lisa!

The Arisaema tortuosum (after having to look it up myself) is the 
Whipcord Cobra Lily from the Himalayas. Apparently the root when eaten 
creates needle like sensations to the mouth and is fermented in pits to 
remove this property and eaten with lime juice in Nepal. Also used as a 
vermifuge and insecticide. I think I will just try to grow it for its 
flowers which look kind of Jack-in-the-Pulpit like.

--Sage


Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
> > I got my grab bag from Springhill today and was pleasantly surprised.
> >
> > 2 hydrangea "All Summer Beauty"
> > 1 White astilbe
> > 1 amethyst astilbe
> > 3 hardy hibiscus
> > 1 Lady Baltimore hibiscus
> > 2 dianthus "siberian blues"
> > 2 "Rainbow" Butterfly bushes
> > 2 Astor "wild romance"
> > 3 Daring Deception Daylillies
> >
> > They all look pretty good and I can't wait to plant them!
> > What did everyone else get?
> >
> >     
>
> 3 Mediterranean Pinks
> 1 Lady Baltimore Hibiscus
> 1 Arisaema Tortuosum (have no idea what this is, will have to look it up)
> 1 Night Ember Daylily
> 1 Pineapple lily
> 1 Deutschland Astilbe
> 1 Red Fanal Astilbe
> 1 Blue Ice Tall Phlox
> 1 Jack-in-the-Pulpit
> and ta-da: 1 big bag of Grandma's Cutting Garden which contains:
> 100 bulbs: 10 mixed asiatic lilies, 15 mixed hardy gladiolas, 25 Fire King
> Crocosmia, 25 Purple Liatris (yippee!) and 25 mixed Dutch Iris (yippee
> again!)
>
> Wow again.
>
> lkvp
> Floyd, VA
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